Research and reports for small business
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) regularly produces a range of business insights. These help us identify and prioritise where we can collectively support small businesses.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) regularly produces a range of business insights. These help us identify and prioritise where we can collectively support small businesses.
Understanding our people’s experience helps MBIE identify opportunities to strengthen leadership, workplace culture, and workforce systems. Insights from workforce data, employee feedback, unions, employee-led networks, and Māori capability partners inform initiatives that strengthen employee experience, workforce capability, and organisational effectiveness.
MBIE commissioned a study to gain insights into how New Zealand small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are using artificial intelligence (AI), the benefits they are experiencing, and the barriers preventing wider adoption.
This information provides an overview of New Zealand’s business landscape and how businesses engage with government.
The Gas Transition Loan Guarantee Scheme is now open for businesses making the investment to reduce their reliance on reticulated natural gas.
This user guidance explains the methodology, data sources, and limitations of the Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates (MRTEs) to support use and decision-making related to tourism expenditure.
pdf, 4.5 MBThere are a number of public sector commitments and MBIE work programmes which support the mahi the agency is doing to improve diversity and inclusion, to close gender and ethnic pay gaps and create fairer workplaces. These are described below:
This page captures 5-year targets to improve workforce and leadership representation at MBIE. The 5-year period extends from the publication of the plan in late 2022 to 2027.
MBIE’s implemented initiatives have helped make positive progress towards reducing the gender and ethnic pay gaps. To continue to make progress, a continued focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion is essential. MBIE needs to enable better representation across our workforce and in leadership. This will mean the organisation is more representative of the communities it serves.
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